1. Infectious diseases: An ill wind for wild chimps?
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Weiss, Robin A. and Heeney, Jonathan L.
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CHIMPANZEES , *IMMUNODEFICIENCY , *VIRUSES , *SUBSPECIES , *AIDS , *ANIMAL health - Abstract
The article reports on a study which reveals that small groups of wild chimpanzees naturally infected with simian immunodeficiency virus ( SIVcpz) do develop hallmarks of AIDS in East Africa. It states that SIV-infected animals of the eastern subspecies of chimpanzee in the Gombe National Park in Tanzania have a markedly higher death rate than non-infected animals. Moreover, this study indicates that SIVcpz causes AIDS-like disease in a subspecies of chimpanzee that is already endangered in the wild.
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- 2009
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